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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Rangers are tweaking the starting rotation a bit more as they set up for the final stretch run and the possibility of the postseason.

Right-hander Nick Tepesch will start Sunday’s finale against Los Angeles while right-hander Yu Darvish will move up a day and pitch Monday vs. Pittsburgh. Lefty Martin Perez will slide back an extra day and face the Pirates on Tuesday.

The move allows the Rangers to break up the two lefties in their rotation, Derek Holland and Perez, who pitched back to back in Oakland. Next weekend against Oakland the Rangers will send Holland, Darvish and Perez to the mound against the A’s. The move also puts Darvish on track to make the last start of the regular season, if it’s needed to clinch a playoff spot, or to start the first game of the postseason.

Tepesch replaces Travis Blackley, who will go to the bullpen. Washington did not commit to Tepesch past Sunday.

“He threw the ball well,” Washington said of Tepesch, who threw 3.1 scoreless innings in relief of Holland Monday in Oakland. “He’s been part of our rotation. I wanted to give him another chance. He’s going to start Sunday and we’ll leave it at that.”

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